Assessor Resource
DEFLS005B
Maintain and pack parachutes
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
The application of this unit in the workplace – the environments, complexities and situations involved – will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.
This text will be useful for the purposes of job descriptions, recruitment advice or job analysis; where possible, it will not be too job specific to allow other industries to import it into other Training Packages, where feasible.
This unit covers the competency required to maintain and pack parachutes.
This Unit of Competency is applicable to a person carrying parachutes and may include emergency or ejection parachutes.
Maintaining parachutes includes inspecting, testing, isolating faults, replacing, repairing and cleaning prior to packing.
This Unit of Competency applies to a person packing a parachute and requires the parachute to be inspected by a supervisor (who is competent in this Unit of Competency).
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